People · China
Zhiyi Ye (叶智毅)
5×5 · top 5.2% of 40,792 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018YEZH03
Zhiyi Ye (叶智毅) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 59.35, set at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 243rd in China. Until October 2011, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2018, he has put 160 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.57 in July 2018 to 10.44, a 37% improvement. Zhiyi has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 59.35 | 1:09.97 | top 5.2% | 243 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 36.10 | 39.95 | top 7.8% | 800 / 5,926 | |
| 7×7 | 2:52.08 | 3:00.25 | top 8.4% | 175 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 | 10.44 | 12.76 | top 8.8% | 3,419 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.67 | 3.95 | top 10.6% | 1,619 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 2:07.22 | 2:12.24 | top 14.2% | 303 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.38 | 28.99 | top 29.8% | 2,883 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 9.86 | 12.56 | top 54.1% | 3,016 / 5,004 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024.
- 24 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 2 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.38 at Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019.
- 21 Jul 2018First competition: Shenzhen Open 2018. A 16.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 9.35 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.